Shoe-heel reenforcement



M. SIGINOF-F.

SHOE HEEL REENFORCEMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1920.

1,402,67 Patented Jan. 3,1922.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Moses Stomorr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hattiesburg, in thecountyof Forrest an State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heel Reenforcements, of which the. following is a specification.

,The object of the invention is to provide means for reenforcing the heels of shoes slippers and like foot wear of the kin V adapted particularly for womens wear and ordinarily designated as French orhi h heels, for the pur ose of-strengthening t e same against brea age or detachment dueto transverse strains, and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of'a shoe having its heel provided with reenforcing means constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the inner or. arch plate. a 1Figure 3 is a perspective view of the heel p ate.

1Figure 4 is a front elevation of the heel p ate. r v

The device consists essentially of a heel and shank plate 10 shown in detail and detached from theshoe in Fig. 3, andan arch plate 11 which is disposed withm the shoe.

between the outer sole and the insole as shown in Fig. 1 and extending preferably. from the rear counter of the shoe to a pointapproaching the tread or extending substantially over the arch of the shoe, so that when the base plate 12 of the heel and-shank plate is disposed in arallelism with the arch late and, is secured thereto as indicated in is established a relation between the arch of the shoe and the body'o'f the heel 14 which serves to maintain the proper position of the latter regardless of strains which may be applied transversely thereto. The heel. and shank plate in ,a dition to the base member 12 which in ractice is located between the upper end o the heel proper and the adjacentsurface of the outer sole 15 of the shoe, includes a heel facing member 16 shaped to conform to the heel, and. a terminal ear 17 which is interposed between the body 14 of the heel and'the heel facing or tread 18 may be'suficiently lightto add but sli htly to the weight of the article and yeti T ig. 1' by screws 13 or the equivalent thereof, there Specification oi Letters Patent. P atented Jan, 3 1922, Application filed May 13,1920. seam No. 881,114.

. where it may be en aged by screws 19 or like fastem'ngmeans. bviouslythe heel facing maybe renewed or replaced without disturbw I ing the reenforcing element which is disposed to practlcally enclose the body portion of heel or at least to cover the upper,.lower and front surfaces thereof, and this "oint between the body pro er of the heel o the arch of the shoe is forti ed to ing under of the heel by t e extension of the arch plate havin a considerable distance in advance of the ront surface of the heel as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

revent the .break- It will also be obvious that reenforcing means embod ing the invention may be readily a plie to the shoe heel in the course I ofmanu actors or as a means of re airing a shoe which has become dama e "by-the brealring of the heel, and the in' icated location of thereenforcing device is such as not to detract in any way from the neatness of the appearance of the shoe. Also the material of which the reenforcement is formed sufiicient strength I to resist the strains. to which the heel may be subj ected in ordinary tween the shoe sole and the upper end of the heel and secured to said arch ate, said heel glate being. (provided with a heel facing memer attache to the front surface thereof.

2., A-shoe heel reenforcin device consisting of an arch plate exten ng between the inner and outer soles, and spannin the arch of the shoe, and a heel plate havm :a-heel facing member and a base member, a latter being disposedbetween the upper end of the heel and the exterior surface of the outer sole,

and en aged by means which secure the body ofthe heel to the shoe sole.

3. A shoe heel reenforcing device consisting of an arch plate disposed in parallelism with the shoe solo in overlappin relation with the upper end of the heel, and a eel plate the upper end of the -heel and the shoe sole, :1 tion' reswctively with the extremities of the having a. base member interposed between base member and bottom each in fixed relafacing member 'disposedin contact with the heel bo front surface of the heel,rand a bottom plate In testimony whereof he afiixes his signa- 5 located between the lower end of the shoe ture.

heel body and the facin member thereof,

and means being provide 7 for securing said I v l MOSES SIGINOFF. 

